Retro: Seattle/Tacoma, Tue. January 27th, 1987

[crainbebo]

Source: Seattle Times microfilm

CHANNELS
2 CBUT Vancouver [CBC]
4 KOMO Seattle [ABC]
5 KING Seattle [NBC]
7 KIRO Seattle [CBS]
8 CHAN Vancouver [CTV]
9 KCTS Seattle [PBS]
11 KSTW Tacoma [IND]
12 KVOS Bellingham [IND]
13 KCPQ Tacoma [IND/FOX, Joan Rivers only]
22 KTZZ Seattle [IND]
28 KTPS Tacoma [PBS]

7AM
4 Good Morning America
Scheduled: author Malcom L. McConnel ["A Major Malfunction"].
5 Today
Scheduled: Muppets creator Jim Henson; actress Jackee Harry ["227"]; author Geoffrey Stokes [Part 1 of 2].
7 CBS Morning News
8 Canada AM Continued
9 Sesame Street
11 Tom and Jerry
12 Cartoons
13 700 Club
22 Ghostbusters

7:30
7 Morning Program
Scheduled: "Roots" cast reunion; actress Anne Meara; GQ magazine's Most Eligible Women of 1987.
11 Jetsons
12 My Little Pony
22 Inspector Gadget

8AM
9 Captain Kangaroo
11 12 Scooby-Doo
13 Centurions
22 Dennis the Menace

8:30
9 Mister Rogers
11 My Little Pony
12 Cartoons
13 Zoobilee Zoo
Lookout meets a loveable lost dog.
22 Heathcliff
28 3-2-1 Contact

9AM
4 Hour Magazine
Scheduled: actress Michelle Phillips ["Knots Landing"]; women with degrees who choose to stay at home; fashions.
5 Good Company
7 Oprah Winfrey
Scheduled: the life of a socialite; Guest author Sugar Rautbord ["Girls in High Places"].
8 Magnum P.I.
9 Sesame Street
11 Love Boat
12 Donahue
Scheduled: sleep disorders.
13 Sale of the Century
22 Jim and Tammy
28 GED

9:30
2 Country Canada
13 Blockbusters
28 Educational Programming

10AM
2 Fred Penner's Place
4 Fame Fortune & Romance
From October 1986: actor David Soul; actress Jane Russell [Part 2 of 3]; guitarist Graham Russell and his wife, actress Jodi Varble.
5 Wheel of Fortune
7 Price is Right
8 What Will They Think of Next!
9 Educational Programming
11 Ask Dr. Ruth
Topic: office romances. Guest: author Srully Blotnick ["Otherwise Engaged"].
12 Too Close for Comfort
13 The Big Valley
Jarrod's client is found guilty and sentenced to jail, but the man escapes and comes back to town.
22 Success-N-Life

10:30
2 Mr. Dressup
4 Webster
5 Scrabble
8 Cooking [??]
11 Divorce Court
12 Private Benjamin

11AM
2 Sesame Street
4 Ryan's Hope
5 Super Password
7 Young and the Restless
8 Guess What
11 The Judge
12 Big Valley
13 Love Connection
22 Perry Mason
28 3-2-1 Contact

11:30
4 Loving
5 Sally Jessy Raphael
8 Definition
11 Divorce Court
13 WordPlay
28 Sesame Street

Noon
2 4 All My Children
5 Days Of Our Lives
7 8 News
9 Educational Programming
11 Movie
"Off Limits." [1953] Bob Hope. A fight manager continues his career even after being inducted into the Army.
12 Perry Mason
13 $25,000 Pyramid (probably not $100K version because look what follows it...)
22 Dick Van Dyke

12:30
13 Card Sharks (and this is the Bob Eubanks version preempted on KIRO-TV. If you have Pyramid and Card Sharks in one block, then the former is likely $25K and not $100K syndi)
22 Hogan's Heroes
28 The Mimi

1PM
2 Midday
4 One Life to Live
5 8 Another World
7 As the World Turns
12 Quincy
13 Movie
"No Other Love." [1979] Richard Thomas. Two mildly retarded young adults, one self-reliant and the other overprotected by her parents, fall in love and make plans to marry.
22 Gomer Pyle USMC
28 Educational Programming

1:30
22 My Favorite Martian

2PM
2 Trapper John M.D.
4 8 General Hospital
5 Santa Barbara
7 Guiding Light
9 Motorweek
11 Bewitched
12 I Love Lucy
22 I Dream of Jeannie

2:30
9 Mister Rogers
11 Superfriends
12 Andy Griffith
22 Flintstones

3PM
2 Coronation Street
4 Northwest Afternoon
Featured: contest winner Selma Glasser discusses secrets of her success in winning top prizes for 20 years.
5 Hollywood Squares
7 Schoolbreak Special
"The Day They Came to Arrest the Book" A pair of high-school friends are divided by a community book-banning controversy. Stars Jonathan Crombie, Real Andrews and Anne Meara.
8 Lifetime
Juno Award winner Billy Newton Davis; the nutritional value of junk food; tips on buying gemstones; dealing with kids who hate school; how scientists study earthquakes and Canada's most vulnerable areas to earthquake activity.
9 Sesame Street
11 Transformers
12 22 He-Man
13 Eight is Enough
Tom is dismayed when Abby's thesis gets a publishing offer after his novel is rejected.
28 Lap Quilting

3:30
2 Muppets
5 Card Sharks [Bill Rafferty syndi-RIP]
11 Tom and Jerry
12 Transformers
22 She-Ra
28 Square One Television

4PM
2 Facts of Life
4 Jeopardy!
5 Donahue (see Ch 12 9AM)
7 Special (?? Not another half hr of the Schoolbreak Special I don't think)
8 Family Ties
9 Square One Television
11 Smurfs
12 Flintstones
13 Little House on the Prairie
22 ThunderCats
28 Homework Hotline

4:30
2 Vid Kids
4 ABC News
7 8 News
9 3-2-1 Contact
11 Bugs Bunny
12 Diff'rent Strokes
22 G.I. Joe

5PM
2 Video Hits
4 5 7 News
8 Webster
9 Wild, Wild World of Animals
11 Diff'rent Strokes
12 Three's Company
13 Happy Days
Richie is caught at a massage parlor by his opponent in a heated class presidency race.
22 SilverHawks
28 Sesame Street

5:30
2 Three's Company
9 Nightly Business Report
11 Silver Spoons
12 Facts of Life
13 Benson
Benson saves Kraus's life when she chokes on a donut, and Kraus drives him crazy with her gratitude.
22 Beverly Hillbillies

6PM
2 8 News
4 State of the Union Address/Democratic Response
Live coverage of President Reagan's annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.
5 7 12 State of the Union Address/Democratic Response
Live coverage of President Reagan's annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. News analysis and a response from the Democratic Party will follow. (Not on ABC for some reason)
9 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
11 Gimme a Break!
Nell and Addy become stranded in separate elevators in a department store.
13 Star Trek
22 Movie
"Charlie, The Lonesome Cougar." [1967] Part 2 of 2. Ron Brown. An orphaned cougar is adopted by a forester and causes mischief at a lumber camp. A "Wonderful World of Disney" presentation.
28 Nightly Business Report

6:30
11 Three's Company
28 Motorweek

7PM
2 Facts of Life
8 Entertainment Tonight
9 Nightsight
11 M*A*S*H
13 Rockford Files
Rockford is hired to defend a vulnerable prostitute against a homicide charge.
22 Peace Child
This documentary takes a look at the musical play "Peace Child," which is performed by a travelling theatrical company comprised of twelve American and ten Soviet children to promote world peace.
28 GED

7:15
4 Wheel of Fortune (JIP)

7:30
2 Golden Girls
The women agree to babysit a group of children but one set of parents fails to show up later to claim their child.
4 Jeopardy!
8 Lorne Greene's New Wilderness
An adult jaguar and a young ocelot confront human intrusion as they travel their separate ways in the Amazonian jungle of Peru.
9 World of Survival
"Battleground Sanctuary."
11 Taxi
After 10 years of strict monastic life, Simka's cousin visits New York and immediately sets his sights on Elaine.
22 Honeymooners
Norton wins a television set with a ticket Ralph purchased for him.
28 Paul Anka
Guests: the Smothers Brothers.

8PM and later tomorrow...

-crainbebo

 

[azumanga]

9AM
13 Sale of the Century

9:30
13 Blockbusters

11:30
13 WordPlay

Noon
13 $25,000 Pyramid (probably not $100K version because look what follows it...)

12:30
13 Card Sharks (and this is the Bob Eubanks version preempted on KIRO-TV. If you have Pyramid and Card Sharks in one block, then the former is likely $25K and not $100K syndi)

I believe Sale, Blockbusters and Wordplay were NBC game shows that were passed-over by KING-TV.

 

[crainbebo]

Yes, the first three were shows preempted on KING.

-crainbebo

 

[crainbebo]

8PM
2 fifth estate
4 Who's The Boss?
Tony [Tony Danza] wrestles with his conscience over whether to help Angela and Geoffrey [Judith Light, Robin Thomas] patch up their strained relationship.
5 8 Matlock
Two collegiate sisters murder their aunt and set up on an alibi that makes it appear as though their uncle was the killer.
7 Wizard
An adolescent [Trey Ames], with a hyperactive imagination, turns to Simon McKay [David Rappaport] for help when he becomes convinced that his science teacher [Keene Curtis] is a Soviet spy.
9 Nova
Questions raised by recent genetic studies, including man's possible development from a single ancestor, are explored.
11 Movie
"The Towering Inferno." [1974] Part 1 of 2. Steve McQueen. A fire erupts during the opening of the world's tallest skyscraper, trapping many of the partygoers on the top floor.
12 Movie
"The Secret War of Harry Frigg" [1969] Paul Newman. An Army private is sent to help five brigadier generals escape from the Italians.
13 Movie
"Fantastic Voyage." [1966] Stephen Boyd. Surgeons and their equipment are reduced to microbe size in order to perform a delicate operation inside the brain of a famous scientist.
22 Gunsmoke
An old-time con man, dying of a heart condition, manages to help save Matt's life.
28 Wind at One's Fingertips
Organ builder Gene Bedlent is seen working on a tracker organ for a church in Grand Rapids, MI.

8:30
4 Growing Pains
While Carol (Tracey Gold) has trouble getting a date for the winter formal, Mike's (Kirk Cameron) problem is choosing among the bevy of eligible classmates to attend the dance.

9PM
2 Street Legal
Chuck gives in to a premature midlife crisis and abandons his practice to back a young boxer; Carrie wins an acquittal for a prisoner accused of slaying a fellow inmate. Guest stars Ron White.
4 Jack and Mike
A member of a comedy troupe dies of a suspected drug overdose; Jackie [Shelley Hack] counsels a teen-age graffiti artist. John Scott Clugh and Lycia Naff guest star.
5 Entertainment Tonight
Interview with "L.A. Law" co-star Susan Dey.
7 Magnum P.I.
At Robin Masters' request, Thomas goes to Sicily to rescue a damsel in distress.
8 Moonlighting
David and Maddie protect the life of a Russian boxer.
9 Frontline
This documentary series' fifth season begins with a look at the space-shuttle program. James Reston Jr. reports on the problems and politics besetting NASA. Host: Judy Woodruff.
22 Perry Mason
An heiress with two men claiming to be her father becomes Mason's client.
28 In The Face of Terrorism
Journalists, legislators and government officials explore how terrorism can be combated in a seminar, which begins with a hypothetical hijacking in the Mediterranean. Panelists include ABC News anchor Peter Jennings and former presidential press secretary Jody Powell.

9:30
5 Evening
Dan Gribble; singer Danny Costello from Fiji.

10PM
2 National
4 Hart to Hart
To impress his pen pal, Max pretends to lead a luxurious life, but becomes the target of the pen pal's debt-ridden brother.
5 Divorce: What About the Kids?
A look at effects on the children when a family breaks apart becomes of separation or divorce.
7 KIRO TV Special
"The Eleventh Day." The story of 43 Seattle-area teenagers and an intensive 10-day program on Whidbey Island in which youths participated. The program took the troubled youths away from their everyday environment and challenged them mentally and physically to turn their lives around.
8 Jack and Mike
A comedian, who frequented one of Mike's restaurants, dies of a drug overdose. (Same as 9PM on KOMO?)
9 In the Face of Terrorism
See 9PM, KTPS.
11 News
12 Honeymooners
The Kramdens learn there's a prowler loose; Alice is chosen to appear in an advertisement.
13 Soap
Danny receives some bad news from Polly; Corinne announces she is leaving for California; Wendy is kidnapped.
22 I Spy
28 Three Women Filmmakers
A portrait of three influential European filmmakers - Margarethe Von Trotts, Agnes Varda and Liliana Cavani.

10:30
12 Fawlty Towers
13 The Odd Couple
Felix and Oscar recall the time Felix photographed his fiancee for the Playboy centerfold.
28 High Wire
A portrait of tightrope walker Philippe Petit as he prepares for a 1982 walk celebrating the resumption of construction work on the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Sign off 11PM.

11PM
2 4 5 7 News
8 CTV News
9 Profiles of Nature
11 Barney Miller
While Barney's lawyer and the judge seek a compromise, Barney is left in a cell with a neurotic murder suspect. Part 2 of 2.
12 Personal Advancement (infomercial?)
13 Late Show/Joan Rivers
22 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A woman decides that her boyfriend is boring, so she goes to her mountain cabin for fun.

11:30
2 Maude
4 Nightline
5 Tonight Show
"Hollywood Squares" host John Davidson is scheduled to join guest host Jay Leno.
8 News
9 Nightsight
11 Benny Hill
Benny takes a "serious" look at today's youth.
22 Tales of the Unexpected
A housewife (Julie Harris) concocts what she thinks is a foolproof plan to retain her former lover's expensive gift without letting her husband know where it came from.

11:35
7 T.J. Hooker
The gangland slaying of a drug enforcement agent prompts Hooker [William Shatner] and his team to go undercover to infiltrate a large narcotics ring. Henry Bal and Gary Lockwood guest star.

12AM
4 Police Story
Transferred from an affluent area to a ghetto, an officer [Desi Arnez Jr.] learns how to handle slum robberies and gang fights.
9 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
Sign off 1AM.
11 Secrets of Success
12 Discover (??)
13 Movie (unknown)
22 One Step Beyond
A desperate husband methodically starts to tear his house apart after his wife disappears inside it.

12:05
2 Movie
"Princess O'Rourke." [1943] Olivia de Havilland. An American pilot falls in love with a young woman, later discovering she's a refugee princess of European royalty.
8 Movie
"The Sell Out." [1976] Richard Widmark. A double agent, pursued by American and Russian intelligence agents and desperate to escape from Jerusalem, turns to a retired spy for help.

12:30
5 Late Night/David Letterman
Comedian Dennis Miller.
12 Movie
"Death Scream." [1975] Raul Julia. A woman is fatally stabbed in full view of her Brooklyn neighbors who fail to respond to police inquiries because they "don't want to get involved."
22 Peter Gunn
A prisoner manages to secret a gun into a courtroom to kill the judge.

12:45
7 Movie
"Nakia." [1974] Robert Forster. An Indian lawman is torn between loyalty to his heritage and his job.

1AM
4 News
11 Success (?? another infomercial?)
22 Baretta
Baretta helps a 12-year-old girl track down her recently paroled father before he takes part in a jewel heist.

-crainbebo